CHEAP HATS , [ XJ ^ At the old store of the subscriber , to &amp;gt; l-M EARLY opposite the Post ^ gj / 1 ^ 1 Officeâ€”where persons can be Wjp jtjjjjksupp % lied for almost any article of JKm country produce . Those indebted would confer a peculiar ftvor ^ b ^ y liquidating their accounts , as it is impossible ti carry on business without pay . Â£ ? Â»&amp;lt; JASH will be paid for Furs . WILLIAM ALVEY . December 15 , 1331 .

Information Wanted . fV \ 11 E undersigned having left Hay county , . Â¦ -in East Tennessee , about fifteen years ago , and not having seen or heard from any of their friends during that period , take this method of ascertaining in what part of the United Suites they live . Elizabeth Williams married John Henry , a son of Win . Henry . of Ray County , East Tennessee . George Williams and his wife died in Arkansas . Said Henru and family were making preparations to move to Alabama , at the time we left Ray county . They have heard lately that a person of the name of Henry is living in Franklin county , East Tennessee ; but cannot learn ivhether he is the person they are anxious to hear from . James MMolon married Anna Williams , and we do not know where they reside . Should this advertisement meet the eyes of any person , who from the above description , can give information res ecting tbe said Henry and his wife , or the stid l / . Wolon and his wife , they will confer a fa , or by ...

School Lands for sale . WHEREAS application has been made to me , the subscriber , agreeably to the laws of the state of Illinois , touching the sale of school lands , to sell the schoollands in township No . 16 . range ninth , in the county of Putnam , State of Illinois ; and the trustees of said township having appraised and delivered to me a plan or platof said school sectionâ€”I shall offer the same for sale on Tuesday , the eighth day of May next , at the county seat in said county , at nine o clock A . M . and continue said sale from day to day until all the said land shall be offered for sale . Said plan or plat embraces one hundred and thirty-two separate lots , from one to forty acres each , appraised at from one dollar and fifty cents per acre , to five dollars . The south-west quarter of said section being laid out for a town , is apportioned out into lots of one acre each for the purpose of accomodating the Merchant , the Mechanic , and the professional man , except eigh...

WOOL CARDING , SPINNING AND WEAVING . subscriber intends to establish the THE above business , on the first day of May next , at Rawlcy . 1 / organ s Fulling -ftfill , on \ Richland Creek , eleven miles west of Springfield , where he will execute in the best manj ner , work in every branch of the above busi j The MACHINERY will be entirely new ! and on an improved plan . Work will be executed on as reasonable terms as can be done in any part ofthe county . He will receive wool to manufacture , either by the yard or upon the shares , on reasonable terms . ( jy Produce of various kinds will be taken W . E . KURTS . February 28 th , 1832 .

SLAVERY . â€”Leigh Hunt , of Virginia , has published a long and argumentative article in the Richmond papers , on the subject of slavery in his State . He closes his argument with the annexed synopsis of his own views . â€” Mr . Hunt does not believe that there is any remedy for the evil of slavery . | 1 . I earnestly recommend to provide ( quietly and . silently , but at the same time , promptly and efficiently ) arms and amunition , for the defence of themselves , and their families and neighbors : to concert their plans of action among themselves , in anticipation of any insurrectionary spirit that may manifest itself among the slaves : to hold themselves in constant readiness to meet and suppress servile rebellion , at a minute s warning : to arrange voluntary bodies of minute men , in short , appointing convenient places of rendezvous for tV- n : meantime , to maintain the strictest discipline ; to stillethe slightest breath of sedition , toexcrci * - tbe closest vigilance , t...

The decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of the imprisoned missionary Worcester vs . Georgia , cannot but be regarded as one of the most important which has proceeded from that body for many years . We look forward to the consequences which may grow out of it with great solicitude . OurUnion should not be endangered for trifling causes . And we cannot help thinking that Mr . Worcester could have avoided the attitude in which lie now stands , by a prudent and discreet course .

We have occupied a great portion of our paper with the continuation of the speech of HENRY CLAY in defence of the American System . We shall finish the publication of the speech in our next paper . The reader will be ablcto learn from it what the American System is . and will also be able to compare that System with the Free Trade principles of Mr . HAYNE . We presume that these gentlemen have said all that can be said in defence of their different views ; and after giving their speeches we shall rest the case for the unbiassed decision of our readers . fin a part cf our last week s impression , the third lino from tbe bottom of the first column of Mr . ( lav s speech , was , left out . The sentence in w In . li the omission occurs should read thus : â€” If it -is to be attended or followed by the subversion o die American System , &amp;amp; c ]

NEAR -SP-WKGP 1 BL 0 , A FARM * AND TOWN PROPERTYâ€”IOR S . \ LI ,. rVvHE Farm is situated two and a half miles west of Springfield , and contains 241 a- ** cres of excellent Land ; 170 acres of which are first rate Timber land : 70 acres of prairie are now in cultivation . On the Farm there are two good cabins , and the necessary outhouses : an apple orchard of 130 trees , and 200 bearing peach trees . The Farm , which was one of the first located in this section of country , is under good improvement . Forty-nine acres of first rare prairie lane , lying on the Jacksonville road , two miles from Springfield . A House and Lot , with a good stable , situate on the north side of the public square , in the town of Springfield . The above mentioned property will be sold on liberal terms ; and is well worthy of the attention of persons desiring to purchase . Application can be made at the Journal office , or to the subscriber . Dec . 2 . ADAM SMITH .

BEAUfis mEEE &amp;amp; 6 EAEA . SH , RESPECTFULLY inform the citizens of Illinois and Missouri , that th .-v have commenced MAKCF \ CTORI . NC . HATS ; in the city of St . Louis , and will keep on band a general assortment , v \ hich tbey v . ill warrant to be equal to any manufactured in die I . inted States . The undersigned flatters himself , from his long experience in manufacturing Hats , that he can give gem i . 1 -ui-t irtion . ICPCOIINTKY MERCHANTS are It is hoped that bv paying a strict attention to business , tbey will receive a share of public patronage . All orders will be lb inkfully received and punctualCD fir ens wishing to purchase Hats can be supplied either on Mam Street , directly opposite J . BAUM , Merchant Tailor , or on Market Street , next door to LAVEILLE &amp;amp; MORTON S Carpenter shop . WM . COX , AGENT . St . Louis , November 1 . Irj 31 . lyl

VENTRILOQUISM . Ventriloquism is an art which may be made subservient to knavery and deception . An kigenious work on this subject was published m 1772 , by M . de la Chapelle , who was of opinion that the responses of many of the oracles were delivered by persons thus qualified to serve the purpose of priestcraft and delusion . That ventriloquism may be made thus subservient to the purposes of knavery , will clearly appear by the following anecdotes . Louis Brabant , valet de Chambre to Francis the first , was a capital ventriloquist , and a great cheat . He had fallen in love with a young , handsome , and rich heiress ; but was rejected by the parents as an unsuitable match for their daughter . The young lady s father dying , Brabant made a visit to the widow , who was totally ignorant of his singular talent . â€” Suddenly on his first appearance . in open day , and in presence of several persons who were with her , she heard herself accosted , in a voice perfectly resembling that...

REVENUE LAW OF ILLINOIS . ( CONTINl-KD . J SEC . 24 . If any person , after having been called upon by the sheriff to pay his tax , shall neglect or refuse to pav the same for the period of twenty davs after such notice , the sheriff shall proceed to advertise such portion of such person s taxable property as he shall deem sufficient , on the court house door , and in three other of the most public- places in the county , giving in such advertisement fifteen days notice ofthe time and place of sale , and particularly describing the property to be Â« old ; at the time and place Appointed , unless the taxes and costs shall have been previously paid , the sheriff shall proceed to sell said property , or so much of it as will bring the amount of tax and costs . The land of delinquents residing in the state , shall not be sold by the sheriff for taxes until all their personal property , except such as is exempted by law from execution , for the payment of debts . Shall have been previous...

CABINET SHOP . PJHE subscribers take this method of in forming the public , that they manufac ture at their shop on Fourth Street , near th &amp;lt; Public Square , every description of , CABINET FURNITURE in the neatest manner . All orders in their line will be promptly at JMfedto . Persons wishing to purchase an ] ^^^Â¦ tifi of furniture , will do well to givi SMITH ^^^^ Hb &amp;amp; MOFETTF . ^ -MpJov . 9 , 1831 .

HE &amp;amp; H saASTOTACiffioa ^ H . VOL . AKKSTSOHO &amp;amp; CO . RESPECTFULLY inform the citizens of Sangamon and adjacent counties , that they have commenced manufacturing HATS in Springfield , and will keep on hand , at the house occupied by T . Strawbridge , as a Saddlers shop , a general assortment of HATS , at the lowest western retail prices . Purchasers may be assured that their Hats shall be of the quality recommended . Cash , Lambs Wool , Furs , Flour , Beef and Pork , and almost every other article of country produce will be taken in payment . ( TJ ^ CASU will be given for Otter , Muskrat and Mink Skins . November 9 , 1831 . 1